Numerical Simulation of Azimuthal Anisotropy of Direct Photons in High Energy Nucleusnucleus Collisions
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The azimuthal anisotropy of high pT direct photons is investigated by using the coefficient of elliptic flow ν2 in non-central nucleus-nucleus collision at LHC energies. These photons come from radiation induced by the interaction between jet and hot/dense medium. The azimuthal anisotropy of high pT direct photons is investigated by using the coefficient of elliptic flow ν2 in non-central nucleus-nucleus collision at LHC energies. These photons come There is π/2 difference between direct photons and hadrons for the azimuthal elliptic flow ν2. Such photons are the main source of the negative part of ν2 for direct photons. The dependence of the direct photon ν2 on the transverse momentum pT at LHC energy is found to be consistent with the experimental results at RHIC energy. Furthermore, we find that the value of the direct photon ν2 at LHC energy is smaller than that at RHIC energy. The value of the transverse momentum at which the direct photon ν2 changes from negative value to positive at LHC is higher than that at RHIC. It’sfound the enhanced jetquenching effect and enhanced contribution for the elliptic flow ν2 of the direct photons emitted from surface at LHC energy.
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